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Æ42 - Elagabalus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Features

Issuer City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum)
Emperor Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 218-222
Composition Bronze
Weight 38.02 g
Diameter 42 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
498659
References RPC Online VI# 4211
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front

Lettering: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Ares standing in military dress, right, holding spear, and Tyche standing, left, holding short sceptre, both holding a small cult statue of Asclepius

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀλεξάνδρου θεολόγου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων τρὶς νεωκόρων

Translation: under strategos Tiberius Claudius Alexander, theologos, of the Pergamenes, first three times neocorate

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (218-222) 

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